Author
Cousins, Lucy
Publisher
Candlewick Press (ISBN: 9780763639181; Board book)
Description
(Distributed by raising readers at the 15 Month visit from September 2008 - September 2009)
Paddle along with Little Fish on a mesmerizing tour of friends spotty and stripy, happy and gripy, hairy and scary, even curly-whirly and twisty-twirly. From the creator of Maisy comes an undersea riot of color and rhyme – an eye-popping read-aloud sure to have little ones joining the chorus: Hooray for fish!
Paddle along with Little Fish on a mesmerizing tour of friends spotty and stripy, happy and gripy, hairy and scary, even curly-whirly and twisty-twirly. From the creator of Maisy comes an undersea riot of color and rhyme – an eye-popping read-aloud sure to have little ones joining the chorus: Hooray for fish!
Why raising readers Has Selected This Book
The author / illustrator of HOORAY FOR FISH has appeared in the raising readers collection before. Lucy Cousins is also the author /illustrator of the MAISY books. The selection committee loves her bold, bright illustrations. Here she has managed to bring color identification, counting, opposites and more into her underwater parade of fish. The language in the book is also wonderful. Who would not like reading the words, "Curly whirly, twisty twirly"?
Questions
Throughout the book, your young reader can help you identify colors of the fish. On the pages where there are opposites, you can ask your reader to identify which fish is which. For example, "Which fish has spots? Which fish has stripes?"
On the page that says, "How many do you see?" you can count out loud as you point to each fish. Your reader may not know their numbers, but it is always good for them to hear you counting. There are also some fun things hidden on this particular page. Can you find the fish that looks like a strawberry, a pineapple or a bee?
On the page that says, "How many do you see?" you can count out loud as you point to each fish. Your reader may not know their numbers, but it is always good for them to hear you counting. There are also some fun things hidden on this particular page. Can you find the fish that looks like a strawberry, a pineapple or a bee?
Activities
On pieces of paper, make fish shapes with a black crayon or marker. Don't worry about them being perfect, the illustrator of HOORAY FOR FISH makes her fish in many different and silly ways. Have your young reader color the fish. They do not have to stay in the lines or even use different colors. Anything will work. When they are done, cut the fish out around your black outline. Punch a hole in the top of the fish and tie a string to it. Tape the string to the edge of your kitchen table. Do this with a few fish. Your child can then sit of the kitchen floor and make the fish swim back and forth and make the fish interact with one another.
